Bumper



Jan.r 11 192.7- c. G. MORRELL BUMPER Filed March l5. 1926 2 SheeTS--Shee l vlllllllll//IIA Elgar A TTORNEYS Jan. 11, 1927. .l v

c. G. MORRELL BUMPER Filed March l5, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet W@ g m TTORNEYJ Patented Jan. 11, l927.A

UNITED STAT-Es y y 1,614,251-- A.PATENT- .oFlicnf- CHARLES G. MOMELL, F O AKPABK, ILLINOIS.

BUMPER.

Application filed Earch 15, 19.26. Serial No. 94,858.

- The invention relates to automobile bumpers, and more particularly to bumpers for 'use on the rear of an automotive1 vehicle.

, The object of the invention is to .provide an automobile bumper for the rear end of the vehicle, and more particularly one for use on automotive vehicles havingl spare.

' wheels or tires at the rear, the bumper being so constructed that it will not only protect the rear of the vehicle but will also act as a protection for the spare wheel or tire and as a lock about the' same .to prevent-'unauthorized removal.

The invention further consists inl the vseveral features hereinafter set forth and more particularly 'deiined by lclaims at the conclusion hereof.

v In the drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation View of a bumper embodying the invention, ap-

plied to the rear of anautomotive vehicle; Fig. 2 isa detail plan view of the bumper with aspare tire shown in connection therewith, in section;`

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view talen on the line ie-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig.A 4 is a detall sectional yiew taken-on the une 4 4 of Fig. 1;

,Fig 5 is a-detail elevation viewl of the flock, parts being removed;

the device used in connection ,'with a spare wheel; '1. l Fig. 7 is an elevation view of the device shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 58 is a detail sectional view-:taken on' the line 8--8 of Fig. 7.

The bumperembodying thev invention is preferably of the spring bar.y type, and consists in each instance of angled 4end bars 7 connected by a transverse angled frame bar 8 or. 8', as by rivets orlocked bolts 9, the

rear outwardly-extending angled .portions 10 of the bar 7 having angle brackets 11.se'4

cured thereto, as by `bolts 12, the forwardlyextending portions llof said bra'ckets being ladapted tobe keybolted, or. otherwise lixedl ly locked, to thefraniefof the vehicle at l its rear end. Eachv of the angle bars 7 has .eyed ends formed'therein to receive a bolt 14 which has an extension on either sidev of each bar 7 -that is designed to receive the eyed ends 4of curved' fender-protecting bars .Y 15,-said bars'curved from the outer end of one of the legs of the bar 7 to the outer end ofthe other leg of thefbar 7, as will be clearly apparent from Figu'2. rl`he pins vlll Fig. 6 is a view. similar to Fig.2,'showing ting each have suitable` heads 16 to holdthe bars 15 and 7 1n proper alignment.V Thus the bars' 10 and 15 cooperateto form rearbuier sections.A4 i

It. will .be

'notedfrom vFigsnlv 'and 2 that l Iwhile the bar 8 extends across and between I thewbars 7 that it is curved'or bent upwardlly from the bar47,l as yat 17, and then has a portpion 18 connecting these benty portions 17 Figs. 1 andv 2 illustrate a spare tire 19 mounted on a rack or bracket 20of any.'

suitable construction, secured tothel yrear end of the automobile, the frame bar 8 beingV disposed behind :the tire, and 'in'order -to lock thel tireA against `unauthorized re-v moval'the bumper has angled tire-receiving bars for sections21.- Each of these bars has khlnge plates 22-secured thereto, and mounted on the pins 14 and straddling the upper fender-.protecting bar 15, the barsinclining upwardly, as at 23, from. their hinge connection', and then inwardly, as at 24, and thence laterally, as at 25, the portions 25 o-f these bars abutting against the portion 18 of the bar 8v their-en s preferably inclined relative to 'each other to .form a scarf joint 26, as shown in Fig. 4. 'l

' InfiFigs. 6 to 8, inclusive, a spare wheel 19 f, of thel disk type with tire attached, is shown as mounte vor bolted4 to a holder 20", of known construct-iom'adapted to be fixedly secured tothe rear end of the auto-y mobile as by a bracket portion B, said holder having a'disk'portionl) to which the vweb of the disk' wheel is secured by A lbolts C, -In this instance the rear-w frame.

`member 8 is made in two-parts Nriveted together, said' parts being bent at 8 so as -to vpermit their being slipped over -and 'be- ,the bar Sand the bars 7 to form a frame surrounding parts of the tire, and by locking the free ends of the bars 21 together it will be noted that the tire cannot be removed until the bars 21 have been released `and swung out to a position to perrnitllrej 1.05 In Figs. 1 and 2 the bars 2l cooperate with 'f either secured to the back bar.8 and centrally thereof, as in Figs. 1 and2, or secured to the 'front face of the'disk D of the holder as shovm in- Fig. 8, and provided with a lug 28 having an eye 29 and i a lug 30. A tubular member 31 is designed to slidably lit over the edges of the plate v 27, and is notched as at.` 32, to engage in notches 33 in the. ends o" the bars 21 or 21 and registering notches J3 in the bar 8 in Figs. 1 and 2 only, while in the construction shown in Figs. 6 to 8, inclusive, the inner ed e 27 of said plate abuts against the disk D. In each instance this tubular member is held against movement by a plate 34 having an inwardly extending hook 35 vadapted to take into the eye 29 on the lug 28 land adapted to be locked at its upper end 36 by suitable key-controlled locking mechanism associated With the plate.z As shown, the lug has a reduced. end portion projecting outwardly beyond the plate 34 and isapertured directly adjacent said plate when in locked position to receive the lock ing bar 37 of a padlock 38 so that said plate islocked to the plate 27, and when in this positionengages spaced lugs 39 on the member 31 to that said member 3l is locked against removal and hence the ends ofi-the 'bars 21 or 21 over which said member 31 Ament and thus hold the bars v21 or 21 against movement.

`With either of the constructions shown, release of the padlock 38 from the lugs 3() permitsthe plate 34 to be swung down out of engagement with the lugs 39 and' out\ofA hooked engagement withthe eye 29 so that 'said plate 34 may be removed and/then the tubular member 31. maybe moved'outwardly relative to the bars 21 or 21" so as -iitions these bars may be swung outwardly away from the rear ot the vehicle soas to either permit removal of theV spare tire 19 Jtrom the holder-2() or the spare tire and .wheel 19 from the holder 20. Swinging the bars 21 or 21 inwardly toward the rear ofthe vehicle, into abutting engagement with each other, as shown in Fig. '5, and setting the tubular member 31 over Said ends `ceiving and locking the plate 3 4 in positioniwithin said member and against the lugs 39 thereof, prevents movement of said member `31 and hencelholds the free ends of the'bar 21 or 21 against movement and prevents re' moval of the tire or wheel and tire.

Attention is also called to the fact that not' only do the bars 21 or 21 act to lock the tire Vor spare Wheel but they also-protect the tire or spare wheel from rear end collisions and further act as bracesfor theside Htl I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to any particular form or arrangement of parts'except in so :tar as such limitations are speciied in the claims.

What I claini as my invention is:

1. The combination with a pairof bumperi sections adapted to be secured in spaced relat-ion to the rear end of an automobile, of substantially rigid means interposed between said bumper sections and secured thereto, movable means cooperating with said last mentioned means for forming a spare tire receiving space, said movable means being formed to project through said spare tire, and means for locking said movable means against displacement relative to said rigid means to prevent removal of said spare tire. A

` 2. The combination with a pair of bumper sections adapted to be secured in spaced rela- -tion to the rear end of an automobile, of

substantially rigid means interposed be.- tween said bumper.l s'ectionsand rigidly Iselml cured thereto, movable means cooperating with said last mentioned means and with said bumper sections for formingY a sparetire respace, said-movable means being forme 4to project -into 'the spare tire, vand means for lockingV said movable means direitly to said rigid meansintermediate its en s.

3. The combination with a' pair of bumper; sections adapted to be secured in spaced relato be treed from said bars, under which con` tion to the rear endeten automobile. of substantially rigid means interposed betweenl said bumper sections and secured i thereto, a plurality of movable means pivoted to said bumper sections and cooperating with said last mentioned means tor forming sections adapted to ybe secured in spaced-rela-v tion to the rear enti of an automobile, of lsubstantially rigid means interposed between said bumper sections and secured thereto, a plurality of movable means pivoted to said bumper sections and cooperating With said last mentioned means for forming a spare :tiregreceiving space,\and means including tubular member` in terengageable with :said

plurality of movable means for locking them against displacement.

'5. The combination with a pair of bumper sections adapted to be secured in spaced relation to the rear end of an automobile, of

A, substantially rigid means interposed between said bumper sections and secured thereto, y a'member pivoted to one of said bumper sections, a second member pivoted t the other of said bumper sections, said members being adapted to cooperate with said rigid means to form a spare tire receiving space,

and means for locking the free ends of the pivoted members to the rigid means intermediate its ends.

6. Apparatus adapted to .be secured to an automobile to serve as a bumper and to prevent unauthorized removal of a spare tire vcarriedby the automobile, said apparatus comprising a rigidly mounted member adapted to extend transversely of the automobile at the rear thereof, a plurality of pivoted members cooperating with said rigidly mountedv member. to form a s are tire receiving space, and means for loc ing said pivoted members against displacement relative toA said rigidly mounted member. .x 7. Apparatus adapted to be secured to an automobile to serve as a bumper and to prevent unauthorized removal, of a sparetire carried by the automobile, said apparatus comprising a rigidly mounted member adaptedto extend transversely ofthe automobile` at the rear thereof, a plurality of pivoted members vcooperating With said rigidly mounted member to form a spare tire'receiving space, a tubular member interengageable With said pivoted members, and

means for locking said tubular member to said pivoted members to revent displacement thereof relativeY to said rigidly mounted member. l A

8. Apparatus adapted tobe secured to an automobile to serve as a bumper and to prevent unauthorized removal of `a spare tire carried by the automobile, said apparatus.

comprising a rigidly mounted member adapted to extend transverselyof the automobile at the rear; thereof, a plate secured to said rigidly mounted member intermediate its ends, av plurality of pivoted memberscooperating with said rigidly mounted ofa bar interposed between said bumper section s and rigidly .secured thereto, a plurality of bars pivoted on said bumper sections and adapted to form a spare tire ref ceiving space between them and the first.

mentioned bar, a tubular member interengageable with said plurality of bars and said first mentioned bar, and means for locking saidY tubular member to said plurality of bars andl said rst mentioned bar. to prevent di placement of said pivoted bars relative to. f

said first mentioned bar. 10. Apparatus adapted to be secured to an automobile to serve as a bumper and to prevent unauthorized removal of. aspare tire carried by the automobile,said apparatus comprising. .a rigidly mounted memberl adapted to extend transversely of the automobile at the rearthereof, a plate secured to said ri idly mounted member intermediateits en s and provided with an apertured lug, a plurality of'pivoted members cooperating with said rigidly mounted member to or'm a spare tire receiving space, a tubular member interen ageable with said pivoted members and sai plate, a second plate having means for engaging said aperturedlug,

said tubular member to said firstI mentioned plate and to said pivoted members to prevent displacement of said pivoted members relative to said rigidly-.mounted member.

1l. The combination with a pair. of bumper sections adapted tov be secured in spaced relation vto the-rear end of an automobile, 'of a bracket adapted to be secured tothe automobile, said bracket being adapt- A ed to holda spare tire, movable means carried by one ofl said sections and .adapted vto cooperatewith the bracket to form a spare -tire receiving "space, and means for locking said movable meansv to the bracket.

vIn testimony whereof, I ailx my sig- ,I CHARLES G. MORRELL.

' and means .for locking said second plate and 

